Beast Wars Masterpiece Blackarachnia MP46

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by oku, Feb 9, 2019.

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    Interesting BA was 10,500 on AE so it looks like AJ wouldn't have got me a better deal this time around (not that it would overall due to duty/customs charges).

    As for priority being given to licenced G1 vehicle modes...sure that makes sense when you're doing a faithful recreation of an actual vehicle but that's not what Bee 2.0 is surely? He's a bit of an anomaly in that way. He's licenced but he's more show accurate in alt than robot mode, which to be honest seems a bit backwards to me.
     
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    He’s not a real world Beetle, but he’s pretty accurate to how chibi Beetles have been portrayed in quite a few examples of toys.

    Don’t really see Bumblebee being any more compromised in robot mode than Blackarachnia is in beast mode.

    If Nippon Yasan reopen their pre-orders at some point before November I may place one there.
     
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    Simply put I think BA does this and Bee does not, so I'm buying the former and not the latter. One compromise is less desirable than the other IMO.
     
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    Was just thinking this myself. Both are compromised, but neither is worse than the other.
     
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    It’s cause they’re completely different figures, with completely different goals in mind. So it’s not really fair that way.
     
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    Yeah I'm not gonna argue any further as it is pointless... but they are totally comparable.
     
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    Heh, fair enough.
     
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    Egads it’s still over a hundred days away!

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    I really hope they make a Silverbolt to go with her...
     
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    So what is the best current pre-order deal? Amazon JP won’t ship to the U.S. and the other sites I’m seeing $139 across the board.
     
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    Make sure to look at the seller to confirm if it is amazon japan or not. If it isn't then you're buying from a private seller. Amazon japan will sell and ship to you. I've got my order in from a while back. The price does fluctuate though. You will likely get it cheaper from amazon japan than any other place.
     
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    When I try to check out and enter my U.S. address it says it will not ship there. My guess is that the actual Amazon Japan pre-order is sold out and that it's re-routing me to another seller. I have successfully pre-ordered other MPs from the site, it's just this one.
     
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    It'll pass in no time. I'd love to see some better images of the base and accessories before then.
     
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    Yeah Prime wasn’t over a hundred days away just yesterday it seems.
     
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    I'm all about the Beast Wars now. I wanna see the season 1 cast completed.
     
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    Once we get another photo shoot of her we’ll begin to last the wait.
     
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    Huh?
     
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    Like how MP-44 kept getting more and more reveals at shows, it’ll begin to build comfort in us and ease us into her eventual release.